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Atlanta, GA | Posted: December 1, 2008
Industry Week - December 1, 2008
The factory of the future -- What should this ideal facility be? What forces are shaping the emerging concepts? And is the pace of new technology outstripping manufacturing management's ability to creatively apply the latest developments to tomorrow's business strategies? At the highest level, three essential trends are the driving forces behind tomorrow's factories, says Georgia Tech's Leon McGinnis, associate director of the university's Manufacturing Research Center: . . ."The future's challenging goal is to seek factories that are more flexible, adaptable and committed to shorter product lifecycles," says Leon McGinnis, associate director of Georgia Tech's Manufacturing Research Center.
http://www.industryweek.com/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=17749&SectionID=14
